Fort Reno · Public domainEarning a living in Kaycee
Only 1% work in Kaycee itself; outside it, Buffalo draws the most (17%, 44 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Wyoming has 9%. Commuters spend 9 minutes getting to work on average; the Wyoming average is 19, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Kaycee for work, and who comes in
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Kaycee goes to work
Where Kaycee clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Kaycee
71 jobs are based in Kaycee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kaycee, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 71. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaycee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 9 minutes to work from Kaycee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kaycee workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Kaycee works
About 51% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kaycee: questions
What is the median household income in Kaycee?
$45,000 (±$8,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kaycee?
8.2%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kaycee?
9 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kaycee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buffalo (17%, 44 mi), Sheridan (12%, 77 mi), Gillette (5%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kaycee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kaycee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaycee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.